In this coaching clinic filmed exclusively for CV Academy, former MK Dons head coach and Leeds United academy coach Mark Jackson introduces a session he would give to develop a team’s ability to attack from a 3-4-3 formation.

Using the famous Coaches’ Voice tactics board, Jackson describes the three practices that comprise his chosen session. The first practice is a 4v4 +3 rondo that works on key in-possession behaviours. The second is an unopposed series of patterns designed to develop the different ways in which a team playing in a 3-4-3 can look to progress and penetrate into attacking zones. The session finishes with a 10v11 phase of play in which the coached possession team of 10 aims to break down and score past an opposition team set up in a 3-5-2 mid to low block.

It’s a clear and well explained session that links to Jackson’s first clinic, which covers the key in-possession and out-of-possession principles associated with teams that play in a 3-4-3 shape. We hope you find it useful!